Our financial planning team

Kindar Brown

Senior financial planner

Kindar Brown

Senior financial planner

Edinburgh

Kindar joined Rathbones in 2019 with over 20 years’ experience.

Kindar is one of a relatively small number of advisers in the UK to hold both the Chartered Financial Planner designation from the Personal Finance Society and the internationally recognised Certified Financial Planner Certification from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. She is also a qualified financial neutral through Consensus Collaboration Scotland which allows her to act in collaborative divorce cases.

Kindar is very experienced in providing clients with a holistic financial planning service including advice on matters such as tax efficient wealth structuring, retirement income planning, inheritance tax and estate planning. She has a particular interest in cashflow modelling and providing clients with the peace of mind to live their lives the way they want, unburdened by financial worries. Kindar is passionate about the benefits financial planning can offer clients and she truly enjoys being involved in a clients’ financial planning journey and the peace of mind it can bring.

Kindar joined Rathbones in 2019 with over 20 years’ experience.

Kindar is one of a relatively small number of advisers in the UK to hold both the Chartered Financial Planner designation from the Personal Finance Society and the internationally recognised Certified Financial Planner Certification from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. She is also a qualified financial neutral through Consensus Collaboration Scotland which allows her to act in collaborative divorce cases.

Kindar is very experienced in providing clients with a holistic financial planning service including advice on matters such as tax efficient wealth structuring, retirement income planning, inheritance tax and estate planning. She has a particular interest in cashflow modelling and providing clients with the peace of mind to live their lives the way they want, unburdened by financial worries. Kindar is passionate about the benefits financial planning can offer clients and she truly enjoys being involved in a clients’ financial planning journey and the peace of mind it can bring.

Laura Dempsey

Financial planner

Laura Dempsey

Financial planner

London

Laura is a financial planner based in the London office. She joined Rathbones in 2017, with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. She has previously worked for a number of large financial institutions including Canada Life and Succession Group.

Laura holds Chartered Financial Planner status and is an associate member of the Personal Finance Society. She specialises in providing holistic financial planning to a wide range of clients, advising on matters such as income and asset structuring, retirement planning and estate planning. Laura’s aim is to understand what is truly important to her clients, and to help them achieve their goals, ultimately providing them with peace of mind over their finances and future. 

Laura is a financial planner based in the London office. She joined Rathbones in 2017, with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. She has previously worked for a number of large financial institutions including Canada Life and Succession Group.

Laura holds Chartered Financial Planner status and is an associate member of the Personal Finance Society. She specialises in providing holistic financial planning to a wide range of clients, advising on matters such as income and asset structuring, retirement planning and estate planning. Laura’s aim is to understand what is truly important to her clients, and to help them achieve their goals, ultimately providing them with peace of mind over their finances and future. 

Michael McManus

Financial planner

Michael McManus

Financial planner

London

Michael is a Chartered financial planner who joined Rathbones in 2018. He passionately believes in his work and takes huge satisfaction from bringing security and peace of mind to people that want to grow and protect their wealth.

He has almost 10 years’ industry experience, over which time he has helped clients at all stages of life plan positively for the future. This includes (but is not limited to) tax-efficient investing, pension and retirement planning and inheritance tax planning. Michael takes a thoughtful and hard-working approach, bolstered by strong technical knowledge and a desire to deliver the best results for his clients.

Michael is a Chartered financial planner who joined Rathbones in 2018. He passionately believes in his work and takes huge satisfaction from bringing security and peace of mind to people that want to grow and protect their wealth.

He has almost 10 years’ industry experience, over which time he has helped clients at all stages of life plan positively for the future. This includes (but is not limited to) tax-efficient investing, pension and retirement planning and inheritance tax planning. Michael takes a thoughtful and hard-working approach, bolstered by strong technical knowledge and a desire to deliver the best results for his clients.